Title: Development of Comprehensive Grid Generation Technology

Speaker: Vladimir D. Liseikin, Institute of Computational Technologies of Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and Professor at Novosibirsk State University

Date/Time: Friday, April 1, 2005, 11:00-12:00 noon

Location: Building 980, Room 95 (Sandia NM)

Brief Abstract: Development of grid generation techniques based on the numerical solution of Beltrami and modified Beltrami equations will be discussed. Control of the grid behavior is realized with the specification of coefficients in the equations.  Formulas for the coefficients providing various types of grid adaptation will be presented. Examples of numerical experiments to some plasma-related problems are demonstrated, in which the principal grid property is alignment with a given magnetic field.